Courses

Course information
Professional 3 year full-time diploma in Fashion Design for the Clothing Industry.

Evening courses for those who wish to Design and make for themselves.

Training Types
Design

Pattern-making

Garment Assembly

1 or 3 month Trial & Introductory Intensive Fashion Design courses for Career Breaks, Transition year or to make your own clothes from design to made up garment.  All ages welcome.  Months of your choice, September - May.  Limited Availability

Short Introductory Summer Holiday Courses for all ages in Design, Pattern Making, Sewing. Also Dress Making from a Commercial Pattern.
Dates: Weeks of your choice, from Monday 15th June to Friday 14th August 2009.

In addition to Fashion Design courses at the Grafton Academy, they also run the following Short Intensive Classes, giving more opportunity to learn skills and techniques in stages and perhaps open up new horizons, either for hobbies or new careers.

Beading 2 days workshop summer special
This is an introduction into Beading/Embellishment for beginners and the more advanced student.You will learn by customising a garment, eg a skirt, trousers, dress jacket or accessory.
Dates: To Be Announced - Please phone to put your name on the Waiting List

4-Day Summer Holiday Course in beaded jewellery, classical beading and embroidery.
Each day you will have a 'hands on' tuition into these techniques.

2 Day Mixed Media Embroidery Workshop
For people with previous basic sewing skills, this course will focus on the scaling up of hand stitches, creating texture and surface pattern with threads and fabric, creating your own distinctive style for fashion, accessories or interiors.
Dates: To Be Announced - Please phone to put your name on the Waiting List

Creative Felt: 2 Day Workshop
Learn how to make and develop felt fabric suitable for interiors or accessories.
Dates: To Be Announced - Please phone to put your name on the Waiting List

Creative Free Machine Embroidery: 2 Day Workshop
Students should have previous sewing machine experience. This course is not suitable for those wishing to do Irish dance costumes as it is a free and more experimental style suitable for Fashion, accessories or indeed interiors.
Dates: To Be Announced - Please phone to put your name on the Waiting List

Machine Knitwear Design - Basic to Advanced levels.
Here is an opportunity to gain a practical understanding of machine knitting techniques with 'one to one' tuition and hours to suit yourself by arrangement during some days, evenings or weekends. It is a total of 25 hours and the cost for tuition is €698.

So whatever you're looking for in dress design tuition, please don't hesitate to contact us at the address below.